Spraying device for the hair and scalp.



H. SOPHA.

SPRAYING DEVICE FOR THE HAIR AND SGALP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28, 1913. v Patented Mar. 10, 1914.

WITNESSES:

INVENTOR //4rJ/ 502 /4 ATTORNEY STA ES PAT HATTIE SOPHA, OF DETROIT,MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO FRANK G. DORMENT, 013 DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

SPBAYING- DEVICE FOR THE HAIR AND SCALE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 10!, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Harris SOPHA, a citizenof the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State ofliflichigan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inSpraying Devices for the Hair and Scalp, and declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the same, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use thesame,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a partof this specification.

This invention relates to spraying devices for the hair and scalp andits object is a device for individual. use for introducing anddistributing a hair tonic or a similar preparation into the hair or uponthe scalp, that is simply and cheaply made and of a form readilyintroduced into the hair in order that the spray may be placed directlyupon the scalp and about the roots of the hair, and of a shapesubstantially conforming to the contour of the head.

These and further objects and novelties of the invention are hereinaftermore fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawingsin which- F igure 1 is a perspective view of a spraying device embodyingmy invention. Fig. 2 is an elevation thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3is a detail of a portion of an alternative form of the device.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the drawings andspecification.

The device consists of a rubber bulb 1, in which is supported a stem 2,and to the stem is secured the curved spray producing member 3. The bulbis of a form ordinarily used in spraying devices and is secured to thestem 2 by being stretched over the enlarged end 4 thereof, as shown moreclearly in Fig. 2. The upper end of the stem 2 is threaded and the spraymember 3 is screwed thereonto, it being provided with a seat for apacking washer 5, against which the end of the stem 2 engages to preventa leakage of fluid at that point. The spray member 3 is curved toconform somewhat to the contour of the head of a person, and the end ofthe member 3 terminates in a pointed cap 6, the base of which issubstantially equal in size to the spray member and its pointed formenables it to be readily inserted into the hair of the user. The memberS is preferably formed of a plurality of channels and the walls of thesechannels upon the concave surface thereof, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 3,are pierced with fine holes for a portion of their length near saidouter end through which the medicinal preparation may be forced onto thescalp by a pressure on the bulb 1, and by leaving the lower end of thechannels unpierced as shown, the liquid is not forced against the faceof the user, and enables the liquid to be forced through the outer endat the desired points.

As may be seen in Fig. 2, the channels 7 and 8 are united at the top andbottom which is the preferable form of the device although the outerfree end of channels might be closed to each other, if so desired.

By removing the cone shaped cap 6 and inserting the end of the spraymember in a body of the liquid, the bulb may be filled in the ordinarymanner, and much more freely than if it were necessaryto fill the bulbthrough the spray openings only.

In Fig. 3 is shown an alternative form of the device in which threechannels are used instead of two, and obviously it may be formed with agreater number if desired, the object of so forming the device being todistribute the liquid over a considerable area, at each compression ofthe bulb, it be ing evident that a greater quantity may flow through twochannels than through one, each channel having the same number of sprayapertures, and by thus arranging the device with. a number of channelsthe liquid is evenly distributed over the surface.

The device, with the exception of the bulb, is preferably formed ofmetal which may be highly polished or ornamented in any approved mannerto provide an article of neat appearance and by reason of the screw cap6 and the connection of the spra member to the stem at the bottom, thechannels may be opened throughout their length and therefore readilycleaned.

While the device is preferably formed with a stem 2, it is to beunderstood that such stem may be formed integrally with the member 3without departing from the spirit of this invention.

Having thus briefly described my inven 10 cap, each of said channelsbeing provided with a number of spray apertures for a portion of itslength near said end on the con cave face thereof.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twoWitnesses.

HATTIE SOPHA.

lVitnesses RICHARD ALsrAs, CHARLES E. WIESNER.

Gopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

